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Paul Krugman* July 1978 *Assistant Professor, Yale University. This research was supported by a grant from the Committee to Re-Elect William Proxmire.

• DonaldPShimoda 6mo ago
  I saw the name and thought "that sounds familiar", only to realize it's the economist I've seen on social media a lot lately (e.g., he was recently interviewed by Hasan Minhaj [0]). [0] https://youtu.be/qGxFLOw7KW8 https://youtu.be/qGxFLOw7KW8
  • shmeeed 6mo ago
    He's also on substack: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/
    • jonas21 6mo ago
      And before that, he was a columnist for the New York Times for 25 years. https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman https://www.nytimes.com/column/paul-krugman And winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in economics.
      • jrussino 6mo ago
        And the subject of this 2009 early-YouTube "viral" song: https://youtu.be/XOYAuk809fY?si=sFuFdmrF0cizn5W5 https://youtu.be/XOYAuk809fY?si=sFuFdmrF0cizn5W5 (Somewhat embarrassed to admit this is how I learned of Paul Krugman)
• joe_the_user 6mo ago
  Krugman won the Noble Prize in economics and was an influential New York Time commentator for years. William Proxmire was a congressman famous for his laser focus on supposedly wasteful government spending who often dug up and denounced studies that sounded silly.
• mattkrause 6mo ago
  In case people are missing the joke... Willian Proxmire was a Senator from Wisconsin who was strongly opposed to government spending on basic research. He gave out "Golden Fleece" awards for studies that he thought were absurd. Unfortunately, it is very easy to make meaningful research sound ridiculous: bread mold as a cure for STDs? Pencil dust computers?
  • M95D 6mo ago
    Related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ig_Nobel_Prize